Annette Watson

I am a migratory bird. boundary-pusher. professor. geographer. Faculty in PoliSci and Environmental Studies @CofC

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

@AcademicChatter The best way to learn is to translate expert jargon into language every person can understand; don’t forget your task is not to sound smart but to communicate what you learn to everyone….

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

What one tip would you give new-starting PhD students?

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

Messages from our European #ancestors … #ClimateCrisis #climatechange …. Centuries-old warnings emerge from riverbed as Europe faces historic drought https://t.co/jFgtVqH0yO

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

The amount Elon Musk just paid for Twitter ($44 billion) is nearly equal to Biden’s proposed climate budget ($44.9 billion), in case anyone's wondering how seriously we’re taking the climate crisis

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

@MrBeast @pulte Done!

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

Let’s have some fun, I’m going to give away $30,000 to 1 random person who retweets this tweet AND follows @Pulte and me!!! (So we can dm you the money if you win). Will show proof of paying winner ❤️

[Gibbs Knotts @GibbsKnotts]

Thanks to ⁦@CofC⁩ leadership for taking this step to help protect our campus community. Look forward to welcoming students back to campus soon. #Classof2025 #Cougars #EngagedLearning https://t.co/7kWynd1Kgv

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

@KarynAmira Why not? If you think they did a lot of important labor for the paper there shouldn’t be any concern about when they performed that labor in the process of publishing research to justify adding them as co-author.

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

The #StockMarket just perplexes me. I’ve been watching it more closely since the meme-stock phenomenon earlier this year. It seems like when there is good news—for example today #caterpillar posted great earnings—but CAT stock price is now going down. #illogical #economy

[Dr. Jessica Hernandez @doctora_nature]

Since I’m the only Indigenous person in the academic spaces I navigate, I’m always asked about land acknowledgements. So here are my common responses bc I try to keep in mind that everyone uses their “only X friend” to justify their racism at times. 🧵

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

@AcademicChatter In geography: you all memorize state capitals right?

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

I think Bezos’ rocket looks like a penis, but watch Neil deGrasse Tyson real commentary on Richard Branson's space flight https://t.co/heujVmf096 via @YouTube #Unity22 #ego in flight.

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

Crazy that I’m getting paid to read #climatefiction about possible tomorrows. I have some serious beach reading this summer…. Looking forward to seeing how these #humanities scholars see our social systems and pathways for #adaptation in this #ClimateCrisis #climatechange

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

Well I think that #ShacarriRichardson and #michaelphelps ought to just collaborate on the campaign to revise WADA drug rules. Since they’re on the same team and all… #Olympics2021

[Conservation Intl @ConservationOrg]

Minnie Degawan, a member of the Kankanaey-Igorot Indigenous peoples and @ConservationOrg director of the Indigenous and traditional people program, explains how #COVID19 has impacted Indigenous peoples in particular. https://t.co/HdMG2sheVD

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

If we don’t make the ultra-rich pay their fair share, what are we supposed to say to all the working people who pay their taxes on time, as owed, and pick up the tab for these billionaires? https://t.co/7yATMnbNaz

[Annette Watson @AnetWatson]

So Lester Holt exposed that most policy is not made from on the ground fieldwork. But I’m going to argue it’s also hard for the public to distinguish real learning with boots on the ground from the photo op. #LesterHolt #fieldwork #policy #data #photooftheday #BorderCrisis

[Gullah/Geechee Folks @GullahGeechee]

Learn More about the Gullah/Geechee origins of Memorial Day by tuning into the Gullah/Geechee TV premiere of De @GullahGeechee and Grand Army Hall https://t.co/IXhX01ZDia via @YouTube

[LX News @NBCLX]

We often talk about climate change in the long term.

But thanks to wildfires and heatwaves, the wine industry is feeling climate change’s effects already, and that might mean you’ll pay more for a glass or a bottle, or have fewer options
https://t.co/nWHlLxmurh